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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
8. An oral poliovirus vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
11. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
12. Strike sharply.
13. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
14. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
20. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. The cry made by sheep.
30. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
31. Free from liquid or moisture.
33. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
34. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
37. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
39. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
42. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
46. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
47. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
51. Top part of an apron.
53. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
54. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
55. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
56. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
57. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. The money risked on a gamble.
4. A radioactive transuranic element.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. A flexible container with a single opening.
7. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
8. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
9. A genus of Ploceidae.
10. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
21. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927).
22. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
23. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. A soft silvery metallic element.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
37. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
38. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
40. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
43. Type genus of the Ranidae.
44. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
45. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
48. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
49. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
52. A bachelor's degree in religion.
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